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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(White House: Andrea Mitchell) President Clinton's policy towards Somalia featured. [CLINTON - says the mission needs an ending date; talks about the issue of involvement in Bosnia.] [Representative Benjamin GILMAN - says it is time to get out.] [Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Colin POWELL - talks about Bosnia.] United States troops said going to Haiti to help restore democracy.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Bob Abernethy) Ultimatum from Russian President Boris Yeltsin to his armed foes holed up in the parliament featured; Moscow scenes shown of the anti-Yeltsin protesters clashing with riot police and inside the darkened parliament building. [Russian researcher Grigory YAVLINSKY - comments.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Explosion of a natural gas pipeline in Venezuela reported; scenes shown of the blaze in Caracas, Venezuela.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Capitol: Lisa Myers) Campaigning by Hillary Clinton on Capitol Hill on behalf of the administration's health care plan featured; scenes shown. [CLINTON - states the need for reform.] [Representative Dan ROSTENKOWSKI - jokes about Hillary's husband.] Republican Representative Jim Bunning's opposition to the president mentioned.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Denver: Roger O'Neil) The case of Lou Gehrig's disease patient Jim Anderson, who wants to die at home, cited as an example of what is wrong with the current health care system; scenes shown while the story of his care and its cost is reviewed. [Jim's wife Darlene BASSETTI, government attorney Wade LIVINGSTON - comment on the case.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Pete Williams) Federal grand jury investigation into meetings between Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown and Vietnamese businessman Nguyen Van Hao examined. [Businessman Ly Tranh BINH - says Brown named a price.] [In August, BROWN - denies relationship on this matter.] The three confirmed meetings between Brown and Hao mentioned. [August 13, White House press secretary Dee Dee MYERS - comments.] [Representative Dan BURTON - wants a hearing.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) The move by Congress to reregulate the cable television industry to reduce consumer rates reexamined in light of the fact that some rates have gone up. [Representative Edward MARKEY, Federal Communications Commission James QUELLO, Representative Jack FIELDS - comment on cable rates.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Gadsden, Alabama: John Cochran) Combatting adult illiteracy by learning on the job with company-sponsored schooling examined; scenes shown from a Tyson Foods plant in northern Alabama. [Tyson's Carla TYSON, workers May and David KEY, Wallace State Community College Carolyn HENDRIX, worker Carolyn ABEL - comment on the company's program.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Death of General Jimmy Doolittle, who led the first World War II bombing mission against Japan, reported; B-25 bomber raid and film clip from "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: George Lewis) Freedom Air, the all-smoking charter airline, featured; scenes shown. [Retired airline captain Ted HALL - says it's un-American to ban smoking.] [Flier smoker Marty STOLLER, nonsmoker Ruth FAIRCHILD - comment.]
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